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example

[ig-zam-puhl, -zahm-] / ɪgˈzæm pəl, -ˈzɑm- /


Usage

What synonym should I use for example? Example as a sample: Example, sample, specimen refer to an individual phenomenon taken as representative of a type, or to a part representative of the whole. Example is used of an object, condition, etc., that is assumed to illustrate a certain principle or standard: a good example of baroque architecture. Sample refers to a small portion of a substance or to a single representative of a group or type that is intended to show what the rest of the substance or the group is like: a sample of yarn. Specimen usually suggests that the “sample” chosen is intended to serve a scientific or technical purpose: a blood specimen; zoological specimens. Example as a pattern: See ideal. Example as a specimen: See case1. ​

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Later in the hearing, Kessler cited Apple’s film “F1” as an example of a movie that was a box office success—and a sign of competition in the market.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

"This is just one example showing clinical trials could not change the so-called 'adiposity rebound' because it is simply a normal part of life and not a disease process or risk."

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

In California, Newport Beach Police Department's podcast about the fugitive Chadwick, for example, was not without controversy.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

For example, the one-month average daily percent change for the Goldman Sachs High Beta Momentum Basket surged to its highest level since 2020 in July.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

For example, I had to consider the rotation of the Earth.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

As this series continues to explore how ordinary Americans—not just nine justices—can interpret and enforce the Constitution, the campaign for equal marriage offers examples and tools that dedicated citizens can use to make constitutional meaning.

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

There are also examples of advisers pushing for mortgages for friends and romantic partners who lack the proper down payment, income or other criteria needed, the people said and documents show.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

In the CSA's report it references previous examples like in September 2024 when an earlier model of ChatGPT escaped its container to get an answer it needed for another test.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Among the examples cited by the task force was the case of French programmer Sammy Azdoufal, who reportedly accessed data from thousands of robotic vacuum cleaners made by Chinese manufacturer DJI.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

These examples of the latest in underwater discovery technology are not the only high-tech tools that will soon be available to all those seeking the evidence of the past from shipwrecks.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

“We’ve made tremendous progress, and that progress is exampled all across the state of California — but not equally,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2022

Among the new locations are any place children “gather,” with exampled such as playgrounds, daycare facilities and school bus stops.

From Washington Times Oct. 27, 2021

The Arbitration Treaty form is well exampled in the German-Czecho-Slovakian treaty of 22 articles.

From Time Magazine Archive

I had much to make me happy—no man could have been blessed with a wife more beautiful and loving, nor one who had exampled her affection by more signal deeds of sacrifice.

From Montezuma's Daughter by Haggard, Henry Rider

Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid assiduity that has not often been exampled, and has never been surpassed.

From Burke by Morley, John

In an ecstasy of tender contemplation he turns from those to these, exampling Julia from the rose and pitying the hapless violets as though they were indeed not blooms insensitive but actually ‘poor girls neglected.’

From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by Henley, William Ernest




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